hoping to ease tensions, as china s foreign minister says relations between the superpowers are at their lowest point in years. key issues include taiwan, spying and the dangerous military encounters. will blinken meet with president xi? matt rivers in beijing. a weekend of deadly gun violence. 20 people shot, 1 killed at a juneteenth celebration outside of chicago. two dead when a gunman fires randomly at a music festival in washington state. and a teenager killed in st. louis. new details in the investigation into letters containing suspicious white powder sent to kansas lawmakers. more than 90 letters sent. lawmakers tell abc news, most were sent to republicans. the cryptic message in those letters and the hunt for a suspect. pope francis makes his first public address since undergoing abdominal surgery, thanking the faithful for their prayers. his doctor proclaiming he s better than before. ukraine s counteroffensive. explosions ripping through a dozen russian amm
of migrant crossings days before covid era policy ends. we are live at the border. plus, rocket systems sabotaged. sources telling cnn that russia is using electronic jammers to throw off rocket systems in ukraine in some cases causing rockets to miss their targets. how the pentagon is responding. the labor market is on fire but april surprise jobs report is complicating the fed s inflation fight. so what will the central bank do next? following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central . we begin as we often do at the u.s.-mexico border. alejandra mayorkas there for a second day now. red cross volunteers also on the ground helping out with the growing number of migrants all crossing into texas. even before title 42, as it s known, ends. that trump-era policy allowed the government to quickly turn away asylum seekers due to covid-19. that expires on thursday. border towns are bracing for an immediate surge, really a furt
hi, peter . actually , good morning. and you hit the nail on the head there. the big focus of today s meetings is going to be on iran right now. the big concern for leaders in the gulf that the president is going to be meeting with separately and then together today is iran s nuclear program. what exactly are they going to do? they re the top two foes in the region for iran. are saudi arabia, where we are today with the president and israel where we were for the last couple of days with the president and things are apparently of great enough concern now that israel and saudi arabia have this first in a lifetime dialog going on . they are the first line kind of relations came yesterday when saudi arabia announced that they are finally going to start allowing flights to take off in israel to land here in saudi arabia and israel is not a part of today s meetings, but it is a great concern in the region what exactly iran is going to do. president biden said he prefers diplomacy,
good morning. to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world it is tuesday, may 24th. and we begin with a proxy war playing out on primary day, and the fate of the republican party at stake. voters will head to the polls in five states today. but the spotlight is really on georgia, where former president trump s 2020 election grievances loom large. last night former vice president mike pence stumping for incumbent governor brian kemp in an election eve rally. and this race is pitting pence against his former boss who is supporting pence s primary opponent david perdue. kemp has been a top target against trump s vengeance campaigns. trump issued a statement that may be unprecedented when it comes to former running mates. he said, quote, mike pence was set to lose the governor s race in 2016, before he was plucked up and his political career was salvaged. now desperate to chase his lost relevance, pence is parachuting into races hoping someone is paying attention. we re liv
president biden wrapping up his trip to asia this morning, with concerns that china might be turning closer to russia. and why the biden administration is considering sending special forces to kyiv. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is tuesday, may 24th. and a proxy war is playing out here on primary day and the future of the republican party is at stake. voters head to the polls in five states today, but georgia is really in the spotlight. the gop race for governor pitting former president trump against his vice president mike pence, who stumped for incumbent governor brian kemp at an election eve rally. trump is supporting his primary opponent, david perdue. kemp has been a top trump target. trump issued a statement that may be unprecedented when it comes to former running mates. mike pence was set to lose the governor s race in 2016 before he was plucked up and his political career was salvage. pence is parachuting into races hoping some